The Final Days of Just Three...

It's funny how emotions can be so strong and so contradictory. I am very eager for Nathan to arrive and my prayers are that he comes sooner than his April 7th due date. Yet, the last few days I have been very aware that these are the final days of life with just Josh, Kate and myself. Nathan will complete our family, but in some ways I feel like I am mourning the loss of something sweet too.

Today before our bubbling adventure (see post below) Josh took us to Brewster's for a special ice-cream treat. We had a wonderful time together in the warm spring air, and the memories will be treasured.

Nothing gets past Kate; how come Mommy's ice-cream is so much bigger than mine?

Ah, the face of pure satisfaction!

Kate is so excited to meet Nathan! She asks regularly if Nathan is done growing yet. She wants to hold him, to teach him to draw, to play blocks with him, to read him stories and to rock him. She'll be a great big sister, if she can just wait long enough for him to arrive and grow up a little.
Nathan, we all are waiting for you! Come soon little fella!

Here We Go A Bubbling...

Now that the weather is warm again, Kate is so eager to go outside! She is constantly asking for Daddy to take her bubbling! She wants to blow bubbles before she is even out of her covers from bed in the morning! The sunshine does us all some good these days...


I hope the spring weather sticks around for good. Rumor has it a cold front is on it's way in next week, but boy of boy does that sunshine make us all happier!

She can't be spelling already, can she?

Today we were watching CARS - Mator is a particular favorite of Kate's. Anyway, Lightening McQueen calls someone an idiot in the movie. Kate always asks me what idiot means. I told her it's a bad word that people use when they are angry or being mean. I also told her that Mommy did not like that word, and that she should not use it.

Fast forward 4 or 5 hours. Josh, Kate and I are in the car on the way home from a yummy dinner out. I started to tell Josh the story from CARS. I decided to spell the word so Kate wouldn't know what I was saying. I said to Josh that we were watching CARS and the word i-d-i-o-t caught Kate's attention again. Kate quickly jumps in, "Daddy that means idiot. It's a mean word that people use when they are angry."

I was stunned! How did she know it was idiot? She's 2 1/2 and spelling not to mention defining vocabulary words. Not bad. Not bad. I guess there is a little bit of Mommy in her after all.

From Kate's Mouth to God's Ears

Today was a rough day as far as obedience goes. The morning started out well but we quickly found ourselves disciplining Kate over and over again for not obeying. She was have some quiet time in her room this morning while Mommy was doing laundry. As I came into her room to put clothes away, I saw her in the corner of her room looking up at her bedroom ceiling praying, "God, please help me obey better." Tears streamed down my face...a teachable heart is all you can really ask for in a child.

Later that morning, we were still in Kate's room attempting to clean it up. Kate had misplaced her treasured "taggie" blanket a few days ago, and despite my best efforts I have not been able to find it. I asked her to look under her bed again. Not there. She kept trying and trying to find it. I told her that she should pray and ask God to help her find the taggie. Kate returned to the same corner of her room, looked up and said, "God, please help me find my yellow taggie. Thanks, God." And wouldn't you know it. About five minutes later, Kate came running out of her room yelling, "I found it, Mom! I found it! God helped me!"